After a season full of come-from-behind wins, the Grant County softball team hoped they had one more comeback left in them against Shelby County in the 8th region championship.

The Lady Braves came up a little short, falling 8-6 on June 3.

“The kids had a positive attitude going in and were ready to play,” coach Ott Reed said. “Shelby’s got a good hitting team and a good defensive team. They made a lot of key defensive plays. I can’t say enough about this team though. They were never beat until the final out.”

What: The Braves fell to Pendleton County on senior night, but had fun doing it as senior Brandon Epperson played seven positions in the field. The Braves have dropped their last seven games, but hoped to recover before playing Walton-Verona in the district tournament on May 25. Results were not available by press time.

Despite an improvement from five wins to 14, the Williamstown baseball team wasn’t able to reach a goal they set at the beginning of the season: win a district game.

The Demons’ season ended with a 5-0 loss to Simon Kenton in the district tournament on May 24.

“If you can’t hit, you can’t win,” coach Aaron Biddle said. “It’s disappointing because the boys worked so hard in the off-season and during the season. It all builds up to that one night. But I’m proud of the boys and we’ve had a good season.”

They’ve known each other since they started running cross country together.

The foursome of sophomore Chris Ellis and juniors Brandon Gouge, Dylan Jackson and Michael Schultz know each other so well that they feel comfortable enough to tell each other when they need to step it up.

That drive to be their best helped Grant County’s 4x800-meter relay team qualify for the state meet.

The team advanced to state with a time of 8:38.38 on May 29.

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